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  1. Breaking the Mould (2009)

    Director
    Peter Hoar
    Subject
    History; Medical sciences; Science
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 90 minutes), £14.99

    Breaking the Mould tells the story behind the discovery of penicillin and the forgotten people involved. A revealing, poignant and witty character driven account of a scientific miracle. September 1943....

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  2. William Shakespeare’s ‘The Merchant of Venice’ (2004) (2005 Film)

    aka: Merchant of Venice, The

    Producer
    Cary Brokaw; Barry Navidi; Jason Piette
    Subject
    Drama
    Distribution
    DVD (Region 2 PAL, 131 minutes), £15.99

    Shakespeare adaptation directed by Michael Radford, with Jeremy Irons as Antonio and Al Pacino as Shylock.

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  3. Merchant of Venice: Shakespeare Through the Lens (2005 Video)

    Director
    Michael Gillis
    Producer
    Michael Gillis
    Subject
    Drama

    Documentary about the making of Michael Radford’s film WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE’S THE MERCHANT OF VENICE (2004). The documentary is included as an extra on the DVD of the feature film.

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  4. William Shakespeare’s Midsummer Night’s Dream, A (1999) (1999 Film)

    aka: Midsummer Night’s Dream, A

    Director
    Michael Hoffman
    Producer
    Michael Hoffman; Leslie Urdang
    Subject
    Drama
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 115 minutes), £9.99

    Film adaptation of A Midsummer Night’s Dream set in Tuscany in the 1890s.

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  5. Shakespeare (1996 Radio)

    Producer
    Harry Thompson
    Subject
    Drama

    Spoof arts magazine series in which Hugh Pankhurst (John Sessions) reassess literary figures of the past. This episode is a spoof of Shakespeare.

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  6. In the Bleak Midwinter (1995 Film, Video)

    aka: Midwinter’s Tale, A

    Director
    Kenneth Branagh
    Producer
    David Barron
    Subject
    Drama
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. b&w. 95 min., 2001 sale: £5.99 (inclusive)

    Feature film. Behind the scenes of a Christmas production of Hamlet. The amateur British actors include a drunk, an ex-child star, and a camp pantomime dame. Kenneth Branagh wrote and directed the film but...

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  7. Citizen Locke (1994 Video)

    Producer
    Tariq Ali
    Subject
    Drama; Philosophy
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 52 min.

    Story of John Locke, whose abstract ruminations on knowledge developed into concepts which justified and helped to bring about a political revolution. Locke spent most of his life denying authorship of his...

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  8. Henry V (1989 Film)

    Director
    Kenneth Branagh
    Producer
    Bruce Sharman
    Subject
    Drama
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 131 minutes), £9.99

    Feature film version of Shakespeare’s play. Kenneth Branagh’s directorial debut which is widely regarded as heralding a ‘renaissance’ in filmed Shakespeare in the 1990s.

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  9. Glory and the Dream, The (Television)

    Director
    Geoff Posner
    Producer
    Geoff Posner

    A series of six one-man plays written and performed by actor/comedian/writer John Sessions and recorded at London’s Half Moon Theatre. In this second episode, an American tourist visits Shakespeare’s...

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  10. In Search of Hamlet with Jonathan Ross (Television)

    Director
    Tina Jenkins; Gerry Dowd
    Producer
    Mark Tinkler; Tina Jenkins
    Subject
    Drama

    Television programme. An irreverent look at Shakespeare’s Hamlet with contributions from actors, many of them American. At one point John Sessions and Kenneth Branagh perform the ‘to be, or not to be,...

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